Our client, a medium sized IT company based in Somerset West is seeking to employ ambitious young graduates with a B.Comm IT or Computer Science Degree for a Business Analyst position. The company specialises in Business Intelligence, SAP software, Enterprise Performance Management and related planning as well as reporting systems. The company provides onsite training and career path guidance.
Job Description:
- Requirements Gathering: Collaborate with stakeholders from various departments to elicit, document, and prioritize business requirements related to SAC and SAP solutions.
- Business Process Analysis: Analyse existing business processes and workflows to identify inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and areas for optimization. Propose streamlined processes aligned with best practices.
- Solution Design: Translate business requirements into detailed functional specifications and technical requirements for SAC and SAP implementations.
- Collaborate with technical teams to ensure feasibility and alignment with the company’s technology landscape.
- Data Analysis: Work with large datasets to extract meaningful insights, generate reports, and provide data-driven recommendations to support business decision-making processes.
- Change Management: Assist in change management efforts by providing documentation, training materials, and user support to facilitate the adoption of new SAC and SAP solutions.
- Testing and Quality Assurance: Develop and execute test plans to validate that the implemented solutions meet the specified requirements. Identify and address any defects or issues during the testing phase.
- Project Coordination: Participate in project planning and execution activities, ensuring timely delivery of milestones and effective communication across teams.
- Stakeholder Communication: Maintain clear and open lines of communication with business stakeholders, project managers, technical teams, and end-users to provide updates, gather feedback, and address concerns.
- Continuous Improvement: Proactively identify opportunities to enhance the functionality, performance, and user experience of existing SAC and SAP solutions.
- Documentation: Create comprehensive documentation including business requirements, process flows, use cases, and user guides to ensure effective knowledge transfer and system support.
Min qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in, Information Technology or Computer Science,
- Strong understanding of SAP modules and SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) functionalities, including data modelling, reporting, and analytics.
- Proficiency in data analysis, visualisation, and reporting tools.
- Familiarity with business process modelling techniques and methodologies.
- Excellent communication skills, including the ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Analytical mindset with a keen eye for detail and problem-solving capabilities.
- Strong organizational and project management skills.
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a dynamic environment.
- Experience with change management processes and user training is a plus.
- Relevant SAP certifications are desirable but not mandatory.
About the company and role
As a fast-growing IT company, servicing clients in the mining, manufacturing and retail sectors, our client continually seeks IT graduates with a flair for business and business processes. Working for our client is a great opportunity for an individual to utilise both business and systems knowledge to make a meaningful contribution to large organisations worldwide. No prior specific IT experience is necessary. Simply a strong interest and a flair for this field are required, while utilising your business knowledge acquired during your studies.
A career with our client means that you will work in a wide variety of consulting, technology and outsourcing positions where strong logical reasoning and problem-solving skills are highly regarded within an environment that is dynamic, professional, friendly and goal orientated. The organisation prides itself with customer focus and service delivery. If you are a hard worker and fast learner that would like to join a lucrative career in SAP Consulting, then this opportunity is for you. Prior exposure to IT related training, specifically training in SQL is beneficial for the fast tracking of a candidate’s career.
General:
- Please include a copy of your Matric Certificate and University Transcripts in your application
- Must be based in the Western Cape or relocate on own cost.
Application response:
- While we would really like to respond to every application, should you not be contacted for this position within 15 days please consider your application as unsuccessful.
- In keeping with our client’s employment equity requirements, only South African citizens will be considered.
General:
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Should you not hear from us after 30 days you may consider your application unsuccessful
- In keeping with our client’s employment equity requirements, only South African citizens will be considered.
Desired Skills:
- Analytical
- Business Intelligence
- Business Modelling
- Power BI
- Programming
- Reporting
- SAP